Denise Abbott said her 13-year-old daughter, Ava, was being disrespectful, so she took to the social networking site, which Ava often frequents, to make a point.

"I decided to do something that I know would totally impact her, and that the next time she started that, she'd think 'I don't want my face all over Facebook again with a red 'X' over my mouth,''' Abbott told NBC.

Knowing that her daughter was fit to handle her punishment, Abbott said she doesn't regret her actions.

"It's a lot more difficult to find an appropriate punishment and actually stick with it, than to act like a child and try to 'get back' at them for being mean to you," she added.

Abbott's actions call to mind the tactics of one North Carolina father, who shot his daughter's laptop and posted the video on Facebook after his 15-year-old wrote a disrespectful message about her parents.